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Doris Grau

Doris Grau (October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995) was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn . After moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervisi...

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Doris Grau (October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995) was an American actress and script supervisor from Brooklyn. After moving to Hollywood in 1940, she began her career supervising film and television scripts. She continued to do this until the 1990s and worked on films such as Point Blank and King Kong and television shows such as Cheers and The Tracey Ullman Show. Grau did some acting in her later years, playing live-action and animated roles. On the sitcom The Simpsons, she worked as a script supervisor and provided the voice of Lunchlady Doris and other minor characters.

Early life

Grau was born on October 12, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to the Hollywood district in Los Angeles, California, as a teenager in 1940.[1][2] There she was soon hired as a script supervisor for the production company Columbia Pictures.[1][2]

Career

Grau supervised the script of the 1967 crime filmPoint Blank, which revolves around a man named Walker (played by Lee Marvin) who sets out to find his friend who betrayed him during a robbery that they performed together and left with all the money for himself.[3] Grau was also the script supervisor of the 1976 remake of King Kong.[4] She then supervised the scripts of the films The Champ (1979), The Frisco Kid (1979), The Hunter (1980), The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981), Caveman (1981), Clue (1985), Marie (1985), and No Way Out (1987).[5] In the 1980s, she also supervised scripts of the television show Coward of the County (1982) and the television films The Shadow Riders (1983), Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1983), Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1984), Velvet (1984), and My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985).[5]

En 1986, Grau interpretó un papel en la serie de televisión All Is Forgiven . [ 5 ] Entre 1986 y 1987, interpretó al personaje de Corinne en algunos episodios de la comedia Cheers , [ 1 ] un programa en el que previamente había trabajado como supervisora ​​de guion durante las temporadas uno y cuatro. [ 6 ] Grau trabajó como supervisora ​​de guion en The Tracey Ullman Show de Fox Broadcasting Company (1987–1990), un programa de variedades que presentó, entre muchas cosas, la primera aparición de la familia ficticia animada Simpson . [ 7 ] Esta familia más tarde tuvo su propia serie animada en Fox, llamada Los Simpson , en 1989. Grau también trabajó en ese programa como supervisora ​​de guion. [ 7 ] Grau también le dio voz a algunos personajes en Los Simpson . Es más conocida por prestar su voz a Lunchlady Doris , quien habla con una "voz áspera" según el editor de The Journal Gazette, Dean Robinson. [ 8 ] Este personaje apareció en el programa con la voz de Grau entre 1991 y 1997. Grau también trabajó como actriz en la serie animada The Critic , creada por los guionistas de Los Simpson en 1994. Prestó su voz al personaje fumador empedernido Doris Grossman , quien es la maquilladora del personaje principal del programa. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

En 1992, Grau apareció en el papel secundario de Hattie Rifkin en la película The Distinguished Gentleman . [ 11 ] Según Philip Wuntch, crítico de cine de The Dallas Morning News , Grau "tiene solo unas pocas líneas como una anciana con astucia política de antaño, pero hace que cada inflexión vocal cuente". [ 12 ] Sharon Johnson de The Patriot - News la llamó "una delicia como la combativa lobista de los ancianos que reconoce a Johnson como ganadora". [ 13 ]

Grau worked as a script supervisor on the sitcom Good Advice in 1993, and played characters in the sitcoms Phenom and The George Carlin Show in 1994.[5] One of her last film appearances was a minor role in the 1995 film Babe, which is about a pig who wants to be a sheepdog.[1] She also appeared as the character Rose in the 1995 film Coldblooded that tells the story of a member of the Mob who is promoted to hitman against his will.[14]

Death

On December 30, 1995, aged 71, Grau died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Hollywood.[1] "Team Homer", an episode of the seventh season of The Simpsons that aired on January 7, 1996, was dedicated to her memory.[8] Because some episodes of The Simpsons are produced long before they air, Grau's last appearance on the show was in the season 9 episode "Lisa's Sax" (an episode originally produced for season 7) that aired on October 19, 1997. Her character, Lunchlady Doris on The Simpsons was retired out of respect (similar to the retirement of Phil Hartman's characters). However, the character returned to the show after a decade-long absence in 2006 (voiced by Tress MacNeille and renamed Lunchlady Dora.)[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. 12345Lentz, Harris M. (1996). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1995. McFarland & Co. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7864-0253-3.
  2. 12"Voice of 'Simpson' character dies". Daily Breeze. January 8, 1996. p. B2.
  3. ↑ Catálogo del American Film Institute de películas producidas en Estados Unidos: largometrajes, 1961-1970 . University of California Press . 1971. págs. 855–856 . ISBN  978-0-520-20970-1.
  4. ↑ Morton, Ray (2005). King Kong: La historia de un icono del cine, de Fay Wray a Peter Jackson . Hal Leonard Corporation . pág. 145. ISBN  978-1-55783-669-4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Doris Grau - Filmografía" . Departamento de Cine y Televisión . The New York Times . 2012. Archivado del original el 5 de noviembre de 2012. Recuperado el 13 de agosto de 2011 .
  6. ↑ Bjorklund, Dennis A. (1997). Brindis . Praetorian Publishing. pp. 262, 304. ISBN  978-0-89950-962-4.
  7. 1 2 Cuprisin, Tim (9 de enero de 1996).Victoria en la "fiebre del oro": los Packers obtienen altos índices de audiencia para WITI. Las calificaciones de Nielsen muestran que gran parte de la región estuvo sintonizada. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . pág.  3.
  8. 1 2 Robinson, Dean (8 de enero de 1996). "TBS estrena 'Sobrevivientes del Holocausto'"". The Journal Gazette . pág.  4D.
  9. ↑ Willistein, Paul (14 de agosto de 1994)."El crítico" se muda a Fox". The Morning Call . pág.  T01.
  10. ↑ Richmond, Ray (5 de marzo de 1995). "Televisión: Jones se luce en la silla de montar con 'Good Old Boys'"". Daily News de Los Ángeles . p.  L38.
  11. ↑ Cameron-Wilson, James (1993). Crítica cinematográfica . St. Martin's Press . pág. 36. 
  12. ↑ Wuntch, Philip (4 de diciembre de 1992). "El caballero distinguido: no del todo distinguido, pero sí bastante simpático". The Dallas Morning News . pág. 1C. 
  13. ↑ Johnson, Sharon (4 de diciembre de 1992). "El caballero distinguido". The Patriot-News . pág. C1. 
  14. ↑ Craddock, Jim (2005). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever . Thomson/Gale. pág. 184. ISBN  978-0-7876-7470-0.
  15. ↑ " El Mook, el Chef, la Esposa y su Homer ". Los Simpson . Temporada 18. Episodio 01. 10 de septiembre de 2006.